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2018 Fall Vegetable Planting Timeline

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It can be an unusual concept for the backyard grower, community gardener and urban farmer to think about as we have barely started harvest of fresh tomatoes, but now is the time to start planning and planting for production in late summer, through fall and into a winter harvest.

Things to start now: Under the lights

Basil – Start from seed under the lights or by direct seeding into the garden. This will provide the grower with a stream of fresh, tender leaves to use or preserve.

The seed start grow station had been taken offline for a period of three weeks after spring vegetable production. This was done to sterilize the area and break the life cycle of any pests present.

Most of the varieties started now are brassicas. They will germinate in 3 days, be ready to be transplanted into individual cells in 2 weeks and be ready to plant in about 6 weeks total. That puts them in the garden in early August with maturation in late September and early October during the cooler weather

A small amount of lettuce will be started now. This lettuce has a good chance to mature in hot weather. The chance for cooler temperatures in late summer plus the use of shade cloth will attempt to control bitterness or bolting to seed. There is a good chance of failure to mature an edible product so only a small amount of starts will be attempted now. More will be started with an every two week timeline.

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